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REVIEW: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE Blu Ray Collection 1

Tried a bit and never really liked it, it seems to want to keep everything that I dislike about gundam show and throw out everything I liked (why would you ever make a character in homage of Kamille is beyond me).

But I'm still pretty sad that the show did badly because it means the gunplay sold so poorly that they cancel the line, which is a real shame since they were really nice, both HG and MG. Pretty sad we didn't get an MG of the age FX.

I think the show just tried to do everything at once, be a gundam for a new generation while appealing to the old one too. In the end it pleased no one.

Man, wait until she gets to the final arc where things descend into teeth-grinding frustration. There's a reason this got the franchise kicked off the Tokyo Broadcasting Station.

I'll echo what most people seem to be saying: the first two generations are fine if unspectacular Gundam, but the third arc completely flies off the rails in the most frustrating finale of any gundam series I've seen (except possibly SEED Destiny, that was atrocious as well).

It would be interesting if Sunrise took a risk and let its Korean subcontractors script a show loosely based on their own military experiences (South Korea has universal conscription that has a reputation for being quite miserable).

Not to say it is good because I certainly don't hold Destiny in high regard, but I don't really see that ending as frustrating. They spent almost 40 episodes showing you that Kira is Jesus and he will be saving everyone.

Age's appalling treatment of it's female characters

The show was supposed to air for a year and a half, that's a hundred episodes give or take, but they cut it short because this toxic fanbase did not give it a chance. It'd have been nice if a surprise 4th Generation was introduced. Almost 50% of the whole project had to be abandoned. Before it aired, hell, before footage was even released, there was nothing but negative feedback.

Yeah, It's Generation 3 that sends it irrevocably into the territory of "Worst Gundam series yet" but the warning signs were already there in Generations 1 and 2 such as complete inability to decide it 's tone, Yurin being a lazy Lalah clone who sets the stage for the rest of Age's appalling treatment of it's female characters, Asemu's arc ultimately being filler that does nothing to advance the plot, Zeheart being the most pointless and uninspired Char clone ever. The list goes on and on.

This is what happens when a guy whose previous writing experience is video games tries to write for a four cour show (plus Level 5's writing has always been mediocre).

I'll echo what most people seem to be saying: the first two generations are fine if unspectacular Gundam, but the third arc completely flies off the rails in the most frustrating finale of any gundam series I've seen (except possibly SEED Destiny, that was atrocious as well).

I will admit to being rather pleasantly surprised at the OST. The AGE-2 theme especially is pure hype.

One thing I do remember is how similar the first scene in the first episode is to Attack on Titan, except with yokai watch character designs. It really sums up the entire series' problem with tone in those first 30 seconds or so.

Not to say it is good because I certainly don't hold Destiny in high regard, but I don't really see that ending as frustrating. They spent almost 40 episodes showing you that Kira is Jesus and he will be saving everyone. Age on the other hand spent a huge portion on 'eh, this could maybe be interesting' only to go off into 'omg why would you go this direction.' Or to rephrase my point, Destiny spent the entire time assuring the viewer that it wasn't going to be good, but AGE managed to dangle hope that it might end up ok.

I never thought I'd see the day when a Hong Kong dub gets praised.